The National tribune., 1887-03-31
AFTER MANY DAYS.
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The 57th and 59th Mass Association at their
annual Reunion in Worcester last June, voted
to make an excursion to the battlefields oil
Virginia in May next and hold the annual
Reunion at Petersburg. Messrs. John III. Cook
and George K. Priest, of Boston; II. +. Chandler
of Lawrence; Albert Pender. of Lowell; VIM.
L. Whittier, of Haverhill, and L. ID. Mcfarland
of this city, were appointed Committee oi
arrangements. portion of that committee
have been over the proposed route and are
about ready to report in print.
The plan as arranged is to leave Central
Wharf, Boston, on Saturday, April 80, at 3 p.
m, on a steamer for Norfolk, Va. They will be
at sea all day Sunday, May /, being due at
Norfolk about 3 p. m. Monday. On their ar
rival they will take tho cars for Petersburg,
where they will be quartered at the Albemarle
Hotel. On Tuesday they will visit Fort Stead
man, the battlefield of June II, the Mine, etc.
The story of Fort Steadman will be told by
Lieut. Charles II. Pinkham, of Worcester.
Lieut.. Pinkham was Sergeant-Major at that
time and captured the flag of the 9th n. G.
He is also especially mentioned in the reports
for bravery. III. +. Chandler will describe the
battle of June IL, and Capt. John Reade, of
Charleston, the explosion of the mine, while
MIR. L. X. Griffith, of Petersburg, who owns
the Crater, will describe the movements of the
Confederates in that vicinity. Tuesday eve-
! ming the association will hold its annual meet
ing.
On Wednesday morning they will 60 to Rich
mond, where they will remain until the next
morning, with headquarters at Ford's Hotel.
On Thursday morning they go to Fredericks-
burg by rail, where they will take carriages
for Spottsylyania Court house, where they will
establish headquarters at Ashby's Hotel. Dur
ing the day they will visit the battlefield,
which will be described by Past Commander
George 5. Evans, of the Department of Massa-
chusetts, a veteran of the 56th Regiment. Early
Friday morning, May 6, they will 60 by car
location where the 56th. 57th, 55th and 59th
Regiments, which left Massachusetts, the last
of April, received their first baptism of blood.
They will arrive there at about the same hour
the field was reached on Friday morning, May
6, 1864.
In that engagement the 57th had 5i5 off,
GERS and men; they came out with AZ killed,
l6l wounded, and 43 killed or missing. or a
total OF nearly one-half of the number en-
gagged. The 59th were at the extreme right of
the line, where the fighting was not so hot as
| on left; their loss was comparatively small
- killed, q wounded, and five missing or
prisoners. The engagement will be described
by Maj. E. p. Gould.
From the Wilderness the party will return
to Fredericksburg, halting at the field of Chan
cellorsville, which will be described by Maj.
Regiments. On the return they will pass over
the spot where Stonewall Jackson fell, Maryes
Hights at Fredericksburg, which were scaled
by the armless Plunkett. This engagement
will be described by Quartermaster Priest.
After supper they will take cars for Wash
ington, which will be reached at IL p. m. Sat-
urday and Sunday they will be at Washington,
with headquarters at the National Hotel. They
will not leave Washington until Monday morn
ing. when they go TO Baltimore, where they
will have few hours before taking the steamer
at 3 p. m. for Norfolk, which will be reached
early the next morning. They will remain at
Norfolk about 10 hours, and will have ample
time TO visit Old Point Comfort Hampton and
Fortress Monroe. Leaving Norfolk at p. m.
on the 10th they will be due in Boston at 3 p.
IN. on Thursday, May ~.
The expenses for the round trip, including
stateroom and meals on the steamer, hotels at
Petersburg, Richmond, Spottsylvania, Fred
ericksburg and Washington; lunch at Chan
cellOrsyille, and carriage from Fredericksburg
TO the Wilderness and return are $33.63. The
party will be conducted by Maj Cook and
Quartermaster Priest. Each member Of the
party will be furnished with an official map of
each battlefield. All members of the First Di-
vision of the Ninth Corps are particularly re-
uuested to ioin the paFty